tansy

[asakiyume]

All the tansy in my yard had flopped over, so I cut it way, way back and turned some of it into a door wreath. My front door gets BAKED BY THE SUN. Seriously, the healing angel and I have talked about the possibility of using it, somehow, for electricity or power generation. But anyway. This means the tansy wreath will . . . not freeze-dry, but the opposite. Flash bake?

Later in the day, the healing angel was going upstairs (the stairs are right by the door) and said, "I smell an intense smell of tomatoes."

Now we know what tansy (which has a pretty unique and powerful smell when it isn't baking) smells like when it's baking.

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

That's a very pretty wreath.

(And now I want to smell some tansy.)

[sovay]

Now we know what tansy (which has a pretty unique and powerful smell when it isn't baking) smells like when it's baking.

That's great.

[dudeshoes.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it is mummifying. (Looks delightful!)

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I'd never even heard of tansy until today...

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Have you read Ruth M. Arthur's A Candle in Her Room? Tansy always makes me think of that.

I'm very impressed by your wreath-making, BTW. That's lovely. And highly competent.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Talking of Tansy- have some tunes- the Brides Favourite and Tansy's Fancy. :o)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I've never tasted tansy, though it's a traditional (make that, historical) flavouring.

I was going to say that Elizabethan recipes for tansy must have been used by people who'd never tasted tomato, but that looks to have been about the point tomatoes were introduced to Britain (John Gerard, he of the Herbal, grew them, apparently). Well, well.

[wuweibaby.livejournal.com]

You know the names of all the things, and do very lovely things with them.

Lovely

[docdad2.livejournal.com]

Ahyup - really - Lovely wreath.

[cecile-c.livejournal.com]

Your wreath looks lovely! If it dries well, it would make a pretty Christmas wreath ;)

(incidentally, if your front door is so warm, have you ever tried building a sun-dryer for fruit and vegetables to put there? I've been wanting to make one for a good while, but still haven't come around to it...)

[c-maxx.livejournal.com]

Great wreath! And herbal lore to boot.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

beautiful wreath

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is so pretty!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I was considering the French form of Tansy (Tanaisie) for a name if Junebug would have been a girl, but J vetoed it on account of it sounding like the French word for euthanasia. :P

That is a most lovely wreathe. It will be interesting to see if it dries in keepable condition.